Ubuholi be-20th Century Fox benza isinqumo sokugcina esimweni somqondisi uBrian Singer, owasongela ngokuphindaphindiwe ukudubula kwesithombe esithi "Bohemian Rhapsody" mayelana nokuphila komculi nomculi uFreddie Mercury. Ngokusho okuhlukile kwe-tabloid, uMculi uhlehlise uhlelo lokusebenza, wenza izimo eziphikisanayo kwisayithi nabalingisi nabasebenzi bezobuchwepheshe.
Khumbula ukuthi umkhiqizi waseMelika nomqondisi waletha udumo lawo mafilimu athi "Abantu abasolisayo", "Operation Valkyrie", zonke izingxenye ze- "X-Men" kanye ne- "Return of Superman" kanye namaphrojekthi amaningi emkhakheni we-cinema ozimele. Naphezu kokuzibonakalisa kwakhe emsebenzini futhi evulekile ngokobulili, wakwazi ukuzibona eHollywood futhi wazibeka njengomsebenzi.
Ngokusho kwabameleli bekhamphani yefilimu, uMculi wadutshulwa isigamu sesithombe futhi usuvele wephula inkontileka kumaphuzu amaningi. Ngenkomfa yocwaningo ngoDisemba 1, kwathiwa ngenxa yokungabikho komqondisi ehhovisi kanye nokungenakwenzeka kokuxhumana naye emva kokubonga i-Thanksgiving, kunqunywe ukunqanda ukubambisana. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva, iwebhusayithi esemthethweni yenkampani yefilimu yamemezela ukuqhubeka komsebenzi esithombeni esithi "Bohemian Rhapsody", kodwa ngaphansi kokuqondiswa kochwepheshe abemenyiwe kanye no-Thomas Siegel osebenzela u-Newton.
Imithombo yangaphakathi ithi ngesikhathi sokungabikho kwe-Singer kusethi kanye nomsebenzi we-agent yakhe ephikisana ngokuphelele:
"Ngesikhathi wonke umuntu efuna uMculi futhi ezama ukumbiza, uSiegel wenza umsebenzi omuhle ngaphandle kwakhe. Kukhona amathuba amakhulu ukuthi uzoqhubeka nokudubula futhi alethe icala kuze kube sekupheleni. "
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Abalobi bezintatheli I-Hollywood Reporter yakwazi ukuthola uBrian Singer futhi ithola incazelo mayelana nalolu daba:
"Ngithukuthele ngalesi sinqumo. Ngaphambilini ngabuza abaphathi bekhamera yefilimu ukuthi banginike ikhefu kanye nethuba lokuxazulula izinkinga zomndeni wami. Ngidinga ukubuyela e-US futhi ngisize abazali bami. Angizange ngizwe noma ngingathandi? Kulukhuni kimi ukukhuluma manje. Lena iphrojekthi enkulu futhi ngifuna ngempela ukudubula indlela yokudala kaFreddie Mercury, sibonise ubukhulu be talenta lakhe futhi ngitshele ngeNdlovukazi, kodwa ngibhekene neqiniso futhi ngiphule isivumelwano. Anginakho okunye okushoyo. "